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ABSTRACT

A KNITTED FABRIC OF PLAIN STITCH CONSTRUCTION OF AT LEAST 40 COURSES PER INCH CONSISTS OF TWO YARNS OF DIFFERENT COLOR IN ALTERNATING COURSES. WHEN TWO YARNS OF DIFFERENT COLOR, E.G., DIFFERING IN HUE ARE USED IN ALTERNATE FEEDS IN THE KNITTING OF SEAMLESS HOSIERY, A FABRIC IS OBTAINED WHICH APPEARS TO BE A SOLID SHADE OF THE BLENDED COLOR OF THE TWO FEED YARNS. THE EFFECT OF THIS INVENTION CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH DIFFERENT COLORED YARNS OF LESS THAN ABOUT 60 DENIER, INCLUDING MONOFILAMENT AND MULTIFILAMENT YARNS, TEXTURED AND NONTEXTURED, IN THE PREPARATION OF FINE GAUGE FABRICS HAVING GREATER THAN 40 COURSES PER INCH.

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PUBLISHED AUG. 1, 1972 T901,013 FABRIC KNITTED OF DIFFERENT COLOR YARNS Joseph Whitton Gibson, .lr., 1215 Hillside Blvd., Carrcroft, Wilmington, Del. 19803 Filed Nov. 3, 1971, Ser. No. 195,135 int. Cl. DiMb 1/26 US. Cl. 66-169 No Drawing. 6 Pages Specification A knitted fabric of plain stitch construction of at least 40 courses per inch consists of two yarns of different color in alternating courses. When two yarns of different color, e.g., differing in hue are used in alternate feeds in the knitting of seamless hosiery, a fabric is obtained which appears to be a solid shade of the blended color of the two feed yarns. The effect of this invention can be achieved with difiercnt colored yarns of less than about 60 denier, including monofilament and multifilament yarns, textured and nontextured, in the preparation of fine gauge fabrics having greater than 40 courses per inch. 

